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Biography information for Mims Davies

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2019-07-08

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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in which year
the responsible local authority last carried out emergency evacuation tests at each
(a) Premier League and (b) Championship football stadium.

<p>My Department does not hold such information. While the Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for the sports grounds safety legislation,
responsibility for the safety of spectators lies at all times with the ground management
of individual sports grounds. Certifying and regulating those sports grounds is primarily
a matter for individual local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with recommendations
in the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds, published by the Sports Grounds Safety Authority,
ground management should prepare contingency plans for the evacuation of all people
in the event of an emergency from all areas of the ground to a place of safety.</p>

<p>It is important that women and men are recognised and paid equally for doing the
same work. I welcome the positive step that has been taken to ensure that all companies
in Great Britain with more than 250 employees are required to report their gender
pay gap to the Government Equalities Office.</p><p> </p><p>We know there is some work
to do to narrow the gender pay gap across the sport sector. Sport England’s workforce
strategy for England, “Working in an Active Nation”, highlights the commitment to
achieving higher gender diversity in leadership roles on boards in sport. Furthermore
the UK Sport and Sport England Code for Sports Governance, which is mandatory and
applies to any organisation seeking funding from Sport England or UK Sport, includes
a target of at least 30% gender diversity on boards.</p>

<p>In England and Wales, an organisation is a charity if it meets a number of legal
tests; namely that it is established for exclusively charitable purposes for the public
benefit and that it falls within the jurisdiction of the High Court regarding charities.
The charitable status of an organisation is a matter of law and the Charity Commission
cannot remove the charitable status of a charity if it meets the legal test. There
are no plans to review the charitable status of Mermaids UK.</p>

<p>Charities should be safe spaces for everyone; whether employees, volunteers or
members of the public. Abuse of any kind is abhorrent and charity leaders must take
a zero tolerance approach to misconduct and make sure proper protections are in place.</p><p>
</p><p>DCMS has funded research into bullying behaviours in the charity sector as
part of its Domestic Charity Safeguarding Programme. The report, launched on the 10
June, provides evidence on charity behaviours including case studies from whistleblowers.
It must be the start of tangible change in those charities whose workplace culture
does not currently reflect their values.</p><p> </p><p>Government’s involvement in
the research strengthens our commitment to charity safeguarding and safer charity
cultures and leadership. This is a commitment set out in the Civil Society Strategy.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment
he has made of the potential contribution of the reform of society lotteries to (a)
charities and (b) good causes in the next five years; and when he plans to respond
to his consultation on that reform.

<p>We hope to respond to the consultation before the summer recess and the response
will include a discussion of the key points raised by stakeholders including Camelot
(the National Lottery operator).</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Government’s
response we will provide a copy Camelot’s response to the consultation to the House
of Commons library.</p>

<p>Public procurement for London 2012 was conducted by the Olympic Delivery Authority
(ODA, an arm's length body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
until its dissolution in 2014).</p><p> </p><p>ODA procurement processes were subject
to the assurance processes laid out in their Assurance Framework (available online
via the archived &quot;Learning Legacy&quot; website at <a href="http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk/"
target="_blank">http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk</a>) and included reviews
by the National Audit Office and Commission for a Sustainable London 2012.</p><p>
</p><p>Procurement outcomes (such as size and quality management of contractors) were
assessed as part of the Meta-Evaluation of London 2012, conducted by an independent
consortium lead by Grant Thornton for the government (available on the GOV.UK website
at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224145/Report_5_Economy_Evidence_Base_FINAL.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224145/Report_5_Economy_Evidence_Base_FINAL.pdf</a>)
and the Olympic Games Impact Study (Post-Games Report), conducted by the University
of East London for the International Olympic Committee (available on the UEL website
at <a href="https://www.uel.ac.uk/research/centre-for-geoinformation-studies/researchareasprojects/ogispostgameslondon2012"
target="_blank">https://www.uel.ac.uk/research/centre-for-geoinformation-studies/researchareasprojects/ogispostgameslondon2012</a>).</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his
Department has taken to tackle potential corruption in the awarding of procurement
contracts for London 2012 and the Olympic Games.

<p>The awarding of public procurement contracts for London 2012 and the Olympic Games
was undertaken by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), an arm's length body of the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, from its start-up in 2005 until
its dissolution in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The ODA tackled potential corruption through:</p><p>
</p><ul><li>promoting anti-bribery, corruption, fraud policies and campaigns throughout
the Games programme, supported by relevant personnel training and senior management
appointments focused on fraud.</li><li>having procurement policies and procedures
that were subject to the assurance processes laid out in their Assurance Framework
(available online via the archived &quot;Learning Legacy&quot; website at http://learninglegacy.independent.gov.uk)
and included reviews by the National Audit Office and Commission for a Sustainable
London 2012.</li><li>maintaining rigorous and robust internal audit, peer review and
commercial close-out processes that subjected the procurement, contract management
and final-accounting of all public contracts to the highest levels of scrutiny.</li></ul><p>
</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are
being taken to ensure that sub-contractors used for the provision of equipment for
Tokyo 2020, Paris 20204 and other major international sports contests comply with
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

<p>The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a piece of US legislation that relates
to the bribery of foreign public officials by US firms and other international firms
that use US communications systems. The UK has an equivalent piece of legislation,
the Bribery Act 2010, which has a specific section relating to the bribery of foreign
public officials by UK firms.</p><p> </p><p>Bribery of foreign officials by US firms
is a crime, just as it is in the UK. The UK’s criminal law is equally robust as that
of its US counterpart.</p>

<p>The shooting traps from the London 2012 Games were part of the technology contract
between the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
and the Games’ official technology partners OMEGA. Government had no role in the traps’
use post-Games.</p><p> </p>

<p>According to numbers provided by the British American Football Association (BAFA),
there are currently 258 clubs currently active with the BAFA, 177 in national leagues
and 81 in university football. Of those clubs, 22 are within Greater London (within
M25), 13 in national leagues and 9 in university football.</p><p>Therefore, 236 of
the 258 clubs (91.5%) active with the BAFA are based outside of Greater London.</p>